Harveyc it took the death of one to get me to get it right. I realized in the ground it can handle more moister than in a pot. In the pot I will let it dry out a bit before I wet the soil again. Outdoors I water it daily and I make sure I wet the brick walls , wooden fence, and other plants around my bananas to keep the humidity at its max. I have seemed to have very good luck with bananas. I have bought 8 inch basjoo from lowes a few times now, planted them in spring and have them grow 16ft or higher before fall. My problem is keeping them alive over winter. There was a couple times I dug each one up and put them inthe basement but they rotted because of bad placement. This year I have a warm dry room in the basement and I will try digging the whole thing up again.
These were mostly store bought last years basjoo at the end of summer.
